Note on cover: Birmingham City University Center for Brexit Studies.

I. The impacts of devolution on the North East -- An underpowered Northern Powerhouse : infrastructure in the ungovernable North / Nicola Headlam -- Combined authorities and governance in the Northern Powerhouse : critical issues and what next? / Joyce Liddle and John Shutt -- The NHS plan and the importance to the North East region / Debbie Porteous -- II. The impacts of Brexit and key policy areas -- Developing a post-Brexit economy : challenges for the North East of England / Ignazio Cabras -- Industrial strategies and the North : will an industrial strategy and a new local industrial strategy deliver something new? / David Charles -- Brexit and devolution : a view from 'North of the Tyne' and the Anglo-Scottish borderlands / Keith Shaw -- The North East as a tourism destination : A hidden gem? / Tom Mordue -- Small firms and innovation in North East : can we create more dynamism? / Michele Rusk -- III. The public section and next steps after Brexit -- Whose business growth is it anyway? Co-producing a new approach to business support for the North / Rob Wilson -- Developing public sector entrepreneurship in the universities : accelerating innovation in the North / James Cunningham -- Research knowledge and exchange and impact : the experience of a university partnership in North East England / John Mawson and Martyn Griffin -- The future of public administration, teaching and research in the North East / Lorraine Johnstone and Ian Elliott -- Developing a focus on future research for the region / Joyce Liddle and John Shutt.